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And I believed in you.

Now it's your turn

to believe in me.

Hey, hey.

Everything is in motion.

Poor guy won't know

what hit him.

Seriously, you've never done

any drugs of any kind?

No.

You might like it.

Hmm.

I've seen what drugs do

to people.

Now, even Matthew.

I mean, he's changed

since I knew him.

He used to be

a totally different person.

How so?

I mean, he was

the best in our class.

That guy could literally build

his own robot.

Now he's lost his way.

He's just living his life.

Life's not a party.

Come on, we're young.

When else

will you have this chance?

Exactly.

Get out of your head.

What are you doing?

Hey, the scope

was gonna be off-stage.

Don't worry about it.

This will be great.

But we can't let people

see this yet, remember?

We agreed.

You said that the, um...

The scope would be...

Curtis.

You feeling okay?

Uh-huh.

Yeah, actually, um...

Actually,

I feel f***ing great.

That's good.

But, hey, hey, we really...

We can't show the scope

here yet.

Trust me.

Come on, let's go.

This better work.

Normally

that would be a wrap.

But, you see,

I got one more.

I'd like to dedicate

this next song

to my friend Curtis Garret.

Sitting in the back,

taking notes, it pays off, man.

This is transmissions

from another world.

Transmission in three,

two,

one.

Matthew. Hey, hey.

Dude, you were right.

About the crowd.

I mean, they boosted the signal.

I could... I could feel it.

Hey, what's wrong?

Nothing.

Nothing. I just...

I thought I saw something, man.

No worries.

It's all good, man.

Transmissions

From Another Realm."

I'm feeling it, baby.

I am feeling it in my sack.

Yeah, in your money sack.

Hey, hey,

this is my money sack, baby.

No, no, actually this is,

right here. This is my...

Hey, careful, man.

Come on, you seriously

want me to believe

these are signals

from an alien intelligence?

Extraterrestrial,

which means not of this Earth.

I think it's real.

I can feel it.

Did you?

Or maybe it's a signal

from a foreign government

like China or North Korea

or some sh*t.

Do you?

Who cares where it comes from?

It sounds great.

A lot of people agree.

Do you feel that?

Why is the view count frozen at 301?

Of course I felt it.

It's just music.

It has over 20,000 likes.

Holy sh*t, bro.

Holy sh*t.

We're on

the front page of Reddit.

B, B, we've gone viral, baby.

What? What?

Wait. No, no, no. Wait.

What did you do?

What?

You uploaded the transmissions?

Relax, man,

it's not a big deal. I...

We don't understand yet

what this is and what it means.

You can't upload

these fragments

before we process everything.

It's not safe.

Calm down, dude.

They can trace this upload

to our IP address.

Curtis, what is it?

Curtis, man,

you gotta talk to us.

Okay, well, for starters,

I got

the original schematics

from a server owned by

the Department of Defense.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold up.

We didn't do anything

illegal here, okay, pal?

Yeah, well, I have.

And you're all accessories

after the fact.

Oh, and the power cell

that I used for the prototype?

I stole that too

from a group

of some not-so-nice people.

Curtis.

You stole what from who?

They.

They?

That's what

they call themselves.

Nothing else, just "They."

Like, "You know what they say."

They're sort of

a Neo-Eco-terrorist group

that splintered off

from the old Occupy movement,

and they hired me to build

an electromagnetic pulse bomb

What?

so they could take down

Wall Street.

Jesus Christ. Come on.

I wasn't gonna build the thing,

I just wanted

the power cell.

Wait. Terrorists?

More like anarchists.

Okay, this is not

what I signed up for.

What the hell

is he talking about?

You know, if they find me,

they're gonna kill me.

Okay? So I'm dead.

Why aren't you listening to me?

I am listening.

I came to you because I thought

you'd understand.

I thought I could trust you.

And I'm not gonna

screw you over on this.

You already have!

These transmissions are not

just music, okay? They're not.

You're right.

I get that.

No, no, no.

You say that you do.

You say that you do.

But then you go behind my back

and slap it up on YouTube

so you can sell more tickets

to your stupid shows.

That wasn't the point.

That's not what I...

The scope is mine, okay?

It's mine.

What? No.

I took all the risks.

I built it. It's mine.

I am part of the equation,

and we are gonna...

You're not part of anything.

You had the chance to be a part

of something. Something real.

And you wasted it

on yourself.

I'm done.

Okay? No more music,

no more transmissions, man.

I'm done with you.

Curtis...

- He's out.

- What?

I'm telling you, man,

there's no talking to him.

We got a huge show

tomorrow night.

It's by special invitation.

We need that scope, man.

It's done, man.

Look, we gotta strike

while the iron's hot, okay?

I got Live Nation,

Goldenvoice, Insomniac.

They're all called me

because they wanna book

Bix the Bug with the scope.

Now, talk to your boyfriend.

Get him to play ball, man.

There's gotta be a way.

Come on.

Curtis, do you really think

that you're better off alone?

I started this myself,

I can finish it myself.

You probably can.

I admit,

when I first heard that scope,

man, I wanted those sounds

for my music.

But what happened

at that show,

I mean, that was real.

I know you felt it.

I was on drugs.

I wasn't exactly myself.

Or maybe you were.

Maybe for the first time,

you let yourself go.

Whatever you are running from,

whatever you are afraid of,

we can face it together.

If we do this,

we do this on my terms.

Yeah.

I wanna be there to supervise.

Sober.

You understand that?

Of course.

And I need $20 for gas.

Are you ready for this?

Yo, Bix.

It's showtime.

It's Bix the Bug!

I am The Bug.

Transmission in 10...

Nine, eight, seven, six,

five, four,

three, two, one.

Great f***ing show,

bro, huh?

What did I tell you?

What did I tell you, huh?

My phone has been

blowing up, okay?

Promoters are calling.

They wanna fly you

to Hong Kong, Ibiza, Brazil.

Ever see the girls in Brazil?

That was amazing.

You crushed it.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

Have you seen Curtis?

No.

No, haven't seen him.

Oh, he's supposed

to be here.

Don't worry about it.

Maybe he'll meet us after hours.

Come on, let's go celebrate.

Yes.

One second, ladies.

One second, one second.

Listen, we got that meeting set

that I was telling you about.

This guy Gordon Shafer, he wants

to make us a serious offer.

I'm not doing that tonight.

We're doing it right now.

I told you,

I don't wanna rush into this.

Hear him out.

It'll take 10 minutes.

I'll give him five.

Okay.

I'm so sorry. We have

to take care of something.

Gotta go now.

No. Don't go.

Sorry, ladies. Sorry.

I'll bring him right back.

I promise.

I'll see you back at the pad.

Listen, when Gordon Shafer

makes an offer, you listen.

Who is this guy, anyway?

I ain't never heard of him.

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